Subframing in Visual Composition

Continuing on in our composition series, in this video we will talk about a technique found in photography called sub-framing. Sub-framing is simply taking an object or subject in your image and framing it with lines within the composition, thus having a picture in a picture.

This is a nice way to place emphasis on something in the composition and is particularly effective when an object is small and surrounded by detail.

Ted Forbes is a photographer and filmmaker. He started producing the Art of Photography as a podcast in 2008 and the show has since grown into a popular YouTube channel and resource website providing a 360° view of photography to a global audience.